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Writeback caching currently allocates requests with the maximum number of possible pages, while the actual number of pages per request depends on a couple of factors that cannot be determined when the request is allocated (whether page is already under writeback, whether page is contiguous with previous pages already added to a request). This patch allows such requests to start with no page allocation (all pages inline) and grow the page array on demand. If the max_pages tunable remains the default value, then this will mean just one allocation that is the same size as before. If the tunable is larger, then this adds at most 3 additional memory allocations (which is generously compensated by the improved performance from the larger request). Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.